Ancient Medicine (Sciences of Antiquity)

Summary

• This 3rd edition of the unsurpassed and widely acclaimed Ancient Medicine is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the medicine of the ancient world available.
• New subtitles and a chronology will make for easier student consultation, and the bibliography is substantially revised and updated, providing avenues for future student research.
• Now revised and extended in light of new research, it includes recently discovered texts made accessible for the first time, as well as updates based on new RNA analysis.
• More information is included on very early Greek medicine and medicine in Late Antiquity.
• An essential read for all those with an interest in history of ancient medicine and science by a renowned author and a scholar at the forefront of research in the field.